When only backed by belief, money is just ink on paper. Let’s meet three forgers: Forger Richie (the local), Forger Bernie (the national) and Forger Sammy (the world). By listening to them, we may question our money system and draw practical lessons for our daily lives.

Forger Richie prints fake money but he looks like a good guy because (1) he gives everyone the same capital to start the real estate speculation game, (2) that capital is a gift and not a loan, and (3) he has no expectations at the end of the game whether from millionaires or bankrupts. Non of this would actually happen in real life.The Monopoly money devilish side. Good Forger Richie has also an evil side as he encourages all players (1) to try to become the single entity to control the real estate market and (2) to rejoice in driving the other players into bankruptcy. Hurting family and friends feelings is not worth material gains, even in a game.Forger Richie lesson. Monopoly money is fake but family and friends are real. What if all world money was fake? Money can’t buy love. One day, the ink on money may evaporate and we should be prepared to stick together when that happens. Lesson #1: Loved ones are more important than money. Family unity is priceless. Cultivate your friendships old and new. They are irreplaceable. Be there for them.

Before the Monopoly game starts, Forger Richie is the ultimate monopolist as he owns all the money and all the properties. Nobody knows how he got in that position and nobody is asking him to prove it. Unlike Forger Richie, Forger Bernie was facing the major challenge to make believe that his fake debts were backed by real assets. Forger Bernie started as a respected stockbroker who even became Nasdaq Chairman. Later he gained the reputation of a magician as he would produce superior financial results regardless of the market volatility. In order to live up to his reputation, new money would be used to pay ongoing unusual returns rather than buying backing assets. At a certain point, Forger Bernie had reached a thriving business with no assets at all. Master in manipulation, he would only accept new clients when sponsored by existing ones. This talented staging would last for decades until the tragic day when there was not enough new money to keep the snowball rolling.Forger Bernie lesson. In the Monopoly game there is a card to get out of jail, but not in real life for Forger Bernie. Clients, friends and charitable organizations lost a lot of money and family tragedies followed Forger Bernie downfall. Instead of creating misery to everyone, Forger Bernie could have used his natural talents for good, such as becoming another David Copperfield. What if all the world debt was fake? Money can’t buy you talents. One day, the ink on money may evaporate and your talents may save your life when that happens. Lesson #2: Talents are more important than money. Cultivate your own gifts, what you do better than others. Not only you will enjoy it, but who knows it may help you one day reinventing yourself if needed.

Backed by commodities, Forger Sammy has printed paper dollars forever. In 1944, the dollar would become the world reserve and Forger Sammy would guarantee its convertibility to gold. In 1971 he decided unilaterally to terminate the gold convertibility (the Nixon shock) and dollars would continued to be printed at infinitum ever since without any backing other than their beholders beliefs. To be ironic about the global deception, one could say: “We will pay the world debt as soon as we find money on another planet …”Forger Sammy lesson. Like for Forger Bernie, Forger Sammy has passed the critical mass where there is no more possible pause and control. Here is what Voltaire had to say in 1729: “Paper money, based on the sole trust in its printing government, eventually returns to its intrinsic value, which is zero.” Instead of wasting his monetary power in unnecessary wars and useless goods, Forger Sammy could have used his experience more wisely. What if all the world debt was fake? Money can’t buy you experience. One day, the ink on money may evaporate and your experience may save your life when that happens. Lesson #3: Experience is more important than money. Never stop learning from your life events, especially when things don’t go your way. We learn nothing from our successes, only from overcoming hardship. Good judgement comes from experience, which often comes from bad judgement!!

The Moral of “Three Forgers” Fable

Loved ones, talent and experience are more important than money, but would be useless without health. What good is it to waste an entire life making money only to pay the doctor at the end? Here is the final ranking of values: (1) Health, (2) Loved Ones, (3) Experience, (4) Talent and (5) Money. Money can’t buy (1), (2), (3) and (4). For most people money is number one, a priority worth revisiting.

In light and harmony,
Serge Bernard

A Fable About Money – Une Fable A Propos De l’Argent was last modified: August 26th, 2016 by Serge Bernard

You may feel like questioning your identity in a relation. Something is wrong in your couple or at work, regardless whether you are the one inside or the one outside the gilded cage. Try to figure out why you gave up your true self to be loved or accepted by the other person. Are you a victim or a perpetrator? Are you the manipulated or the manipulator? Is the price to pay justifying the sacrifice? Is love compatible with being owned or owning the other? Are you confusing love with co-dependence? Those questions have all jealousy and lack of self-confidence in common. Human beings belong to nature not to other persons. William Penn once said: “The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.” Things need to change, as the status-quo will only make thing worse. For a start, the truly honest solution resides in the cage lock removal to allow both souls free communication. Maybe the door was never locked. Then opening the door will give a chance for trust to build true love and acceptance. With deep sincerity you need to start expressing your need for human respect. “Sincerity” –the truth coming from the heart intelligence– is the key word today !!

When relating this horoscope to your life, always ask yourself: “What is the question for which the card is the answer?”

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